#491A76#491A76

#491A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.147 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A76
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 118)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 78%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 40.29, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 59.28, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.0786 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.147 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3863, 3.4632, 17.4680)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A76 #47761A

analogous

#1B1A76 #491A76 #761A75

triadic

#491A76 #76491A #1A7649

tetradic

#491A76 #761B1A #47761A #1A7576

square

#491A76 #761B1A #47761A #1A7576

split-complementary

#491A76 #75761A #1A761B

monochromatic

#100619 #2A0F44 #491A76 #6825A8 #8737D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#491A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A76

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A76	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.147 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815c9e',
    500: '#491a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a76;
$custom-light: #815c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.652,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3441,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A76

secondary

#75AB41

accent

#E74192

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A76

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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